Opinion Paper for the Death Penalty

In society today there are murders committed everyday. And everyday the people who commit these crimes are found guilty in a court of law and sentenced to like in prison. Some even get chances for parole. What the courts should do is take every murderer, give every one of them the death penalty, and follow through with it. The death penalty should be legal in all 50 states and carried through when given out as a sentence. Gary Gilmore faced a firing squad at the Utah State Prison on January 17, 1977. There have been 55 murders in that state during 1976. During 1977, in wake of the Gilmore execution, there were 44 murders: a 20 percent decrease. As you can see, the execution had some effect on the murder rate in Utah. There are very few proven facts about capital punishment deterring crime at this time. This is so because capital punishment is not used enough to actually have an effect on people. It is a fact that of all murder sentences that 38 percent get the death penalty. If that 38 percent only 0.1 percent are executed. If we use the death penalty more often and actually carry through with it will have an effect on the crime rate in the country. People will see that finally we have justice in this country and if they do this, there is a large chance they are going to be caught and they are going to receive the death penalty. We also need the death penalty in this country because if we execute the murderer that person has no chance to ever kill or harm another person again. The person will never have a chance for parole and there will never be a risk of this person ever ruining another family's life. It is not fair for a murderer to get life in prison. The murderer still can have a life, not much of one, but they do have one. He or she can still communicate with their families. The victim of the murder cannot. The victim's family will never be able to see there loved one again. Another thing with life in prison is that the murderer may have a chance for...

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The deathpenalty, also referred to as capital punishment, has been
abolished in Canada since 1976, but still exist in a few American States. The
last execution in Canada took place in 1962.
I disagree with the deathpenalty for several reasons. My first reason is
that I find it extremely inhumane to take someone's life in order to demonstrate
the power of the law. Another reason for my disapproval of the deathpenalty, is
the amount of money that it takes to put someone to death, as it would cost the
same to keep an inmate in jail for life, as it would to put that same inmate to
death. My third and final reason, is the guilty conscience that is placed on
everyone involved: the jury who convicted the accused to death; the witnesses to
the execution; and the jail warden who must give out the execution; and the
person who pulls the switch or induces the poison.
Early societies were based on a simple code of law: "an eye for an eye
and a tooth for a tooth". Today, now that our society has become more advanced,
we do not function by this ancient code of punishment. For example, we do not
rape the rapist's daughter; we do not kidnap the kidnapper's children; but if
the deathpenalty were permitted, we would " kill the killer". So why,...